Re: Bug in help-fns+.el (was Re: Completion stopped working)

[Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

>> Following your advice, I found out that loading 'help-fns+.el' by Drew
>> Adams redefines 'describe-function' and 'describe-variable', and fails
>> at offering the symbol near point as the default symbol to be 
>> described.
>
> Please report the problem you think you see to me, using a
> reproducible recipe from emacs -Q.

1. emacs -Q
2. type 

,------------------
| (message "hello")
`------------------

in scratch buffer

3. with point on 'message', do 'C-h f' and you'll see:

,-------------------------------------
| Describe function (default message):
`-------------------------------------

4. Do 'M-x load-file RET /path/to/help-fns+.el'

5. with point on 'message', do 'C-h f' again and you'll see:

,--------------------
| Describe function: 
`--------------------


PS:
GNU Emacs 24.3.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.6.4)
 of 2013-03-18 on eric

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten